NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A8686
SPONSOR: Anderson TITLE OF BILL:
An act in relation to authorizing the department of health to designate
a level one or level two trauma center in Far Rockaway, county of Queens
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
direct the department of public health to designate a level one or level
two trauma center in Far Rockaway, county of Queens if it meets existing
requirements, department guidelines,
JUSTIFICATION:
The Rockaways have a lack of access to a high level trauma center.
Currently, there are not the resources to build a new hospital, which
the present New York State Law requires for either a Level 1 or Level 2
trauma center. Therefore, this bill exempts the requirement to have a
Level 1 or Level 2 trauma center attached to a hospital in Far Rockaway
to ensure that the Rockaways have the capability to establish a high
level (1 or 2 Level) trauma center to provide essential health care to
its residents.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None
EFFECTIVE DATE:
IMMEDIATELY
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8686
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 29, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. ANDERSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Health
AN ACT in relation to authorizing the department of health to designate
a level one or level two trauma center in Far Rockaway, county of
Queens
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The department of health shall designate a level one or
2 level two trauma center in Far Rockaway, Queens county if such center
3 meets all requirements, rules, and regulations promulgated by the
4 department; provided, however, such center shall not be required to
5 include a hospital and shall be exempt from conflicting requirements of
6 the American College of Surgeons.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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